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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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